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No. 257,105. Patented Apr. 25, 1882.

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"UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HIRAM H. THAYER AND GEORGE W. HAYES, OIF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,105, datedApril 25, 1882.

l Application tied March 25, 1ero.

To all whom it may concern.:

Beit known that we, HIRAM H. THAYER and GEORGE W. HAYES, both ofthe city. State, and county of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Neck Ties and Scarfs, of which the following is a specification,refer ence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of the saine, in which- Figure l is a front View of a neckscarf containing our invention. Figs. 2 to 6, inclusive, are views ot' several modications ofthe skeleton tip which we insert in the end of the band of the scarf or tie.

It is common to stiEen the ends of the bands of neck scarfs and ties by pieces of pasteboard or sheet metal, Snc.; but this device is objectionable. Gard-board is liable to-break, and sheet metal such as is usually used for this purpose-namely, zinc or tinned iron-is inelastic 5 also, the rough edges and angles are liable to'wear the cloth of the band in which the tip is secured. Another objection, and an important one, is that the tips referred to prevent the securing-pin passing through that part of the band occupied by the tip, this renderingit necessary to make the band longer by nearly the full length of the tip than it need be when the tip has the skeleton form herein described and shown.

Our invention relates to a tip which is intended to obviate theobjections above named; and it consists in a tip having a skeleton form, as hereinafter described and claimed.

A represents a neckscarf that contains our invention, made in the ordinary way, consisting of the loop l, the fold c c', and the band a. rlhe scarf is provided with a securing-pin, d, placed within and in the rear of the loop b.

To the free end of the band a there is connected a skeleton tip, B, made of wire. It may be of various forms, as shown in the drawings. Its object is to stiften the free end of the band in order to facilitate its introduction into the space within the loop b and the engagement ot' the pin d with it. This tip may be placed bet tween the folds or layers ofcloth constituting the free end ofthe band a and secured in any convenient manner.

The advantages ot' this wire skeleton tip over those of pasteboard or sheet metal in coinmon use are obvious. Being elastic, it is not liable to break, as is pasteboard, or to lose its shape, as is sheet metal. The skeleton form renders the entire length of the band to its extreme end available for engagement with the securing-pin, as it does not obstruct the passage of the pin through the cloth of that portion of the band within which the tip isinclosed. When the tip has either of the forms represented by Figs. 2, 3, 5, or 6, the sides e e may be sprung together while the tip is being passed through the loop b, therebylessenin g the width .O f the tip andtacilitating its passage through the loop. The cost of this tip is less than that incomnion use, as it is made by simply hending a piece of suitable wire into the forni of one of the tips shown.

If desired, the two ends of the wire may be brought together and soldered or brazed, as at f, Fig. 4.

What we claim as our invention,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a neck scarf or tie band, the tip B, constructed in skeleton form, as and for the purpose set forth.

HIRAM H. THAYER. GEORG-E W. HAYES. Witnesses:

WM. G. CoNKLiN, ADOLPH FRANKE. 

